Pauillac

Roast lamb, ribeye or beef fillet, venison, and mushroom-led dishes.

The estate has 58 hectares of vineyard in one block around the château, planted on very deep coarse gravel. Average vine age is 38 years, with 10,000 vines per hectare. Soils are mechanically ploughed, spraying is kept to the minimum effective level, and the grapes are harvested exclusively by hand.

Aged in French oak barrels, 75% new, for between 16 and 18 months.

Grapes undergo two successive selections, before and after destemming. Vinification includes a long maceration of around three weeks.

The history of Grand-Puy-Lacoste is fascinating in many ways. It is a family saga going back to the 16th century. The name Grand-Puy already mentioned in documents from the Middle Ages comes from the ancient term puy which means hillock small height. True to its name the vineyard sits on outcrops with a terroir similar to that of the Médoc's first growths. Since the 16th century the property was passed down from generation to generation until the current family the Borie's bought the property in the 1920s.